The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
LETTER FROM HINEsr0N.
KINGSTON, La, I
August 3,s.lSS7. !

Editor Democrat
i 1t seems that personal politics" is
getting red hot from the recent action
in Acadia Parish. 1t is much to he
deplored that the Democratic party OF
this State cannot act in concert, aud
all pull together. They all profess
the same principles. Every four years
the "dogs of war; are turned loose in
two packs, each with q leader-Ring
and Reform and here they go! hel-
erskclter Go it Reform III bet
on Ring! Screcching, yelling, ozark
ing-Troy, Blanch and Sweetheart
and the devil take the hindmost. To
the utter disgust Of all quiet thinking
people, and to the total abandonment
of every national interest in this great
commonwealth. Your paper is to be
congratulated for not taking much
hand in this cyclone of personal poll
ties. I feel sure that Gov. McEnery
does not approve of it, for l know him
to be an able, hard working man, and
who holds the advancement and deycl
opment Of the State above every other
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consideration; his past acts have
made him many fast friends among
the people.
It seems that Mr.. Holl;ngsworth,
whoever he may be, has got black
eye-it would seem that man of his
apparent importance would have had
a better knowledge of human nature
than to suppose that he could coerce
such a very able, pure and faithful
man as Mr. Jonas is known to be-
He has State and National reputa
ton, and is regarded by all who know
him as incompatible and true to the
| line.
have been reading to-day the CON
stitusion of the nFarmer's Union,' and
| regard the principles set forth as
excellent, and little farmers will CON
fne themselves egitimately to the
teaching Of their fundamental law, it
viii result in incalculable benefit to
them. Cooperation is what is needed,
better method of farming, an init
mate knowledge of soils and the com
position of the plants desired to be
produced.
The farmers advancement in all
the material benefits of life, is in the
soil---it is the rock of his salvation,
and the great question is, how to get
the most out of it with the least ex-
pense 1t is said that the Union in
tends to build factories, and go into
the manufacturing business. 1t may
be a very si.uple question, hut I will
expose my ignorance and ask Where
is the money to come from9 Suppose
a farmer has FIVE hundred dollars--it
is reasonable to think that he made it
by his farming operations, out of the
soil. Now it seems to me that so good
a farm, one that will net its owner so
much money above all expenses would
be greatly increased in value and pro-
ductive capacity by investing the SUR
lplus money in its Improvement, and
let the factory alone. Successful man
ufacturing is a life time business to
the strict exclusion Of everything else;
the knowledge required is special and
technical, demanding long study and
wide experience, SO as to apply with
unerring certainty this knowledge to
practical manipulation. Take prac-
teal manufacturer, and place him in a
cotton field, and tell him to make q
crop. What could he do? And ten
chances to one if he tried, it would re-
suit in failure, and vice versa, place a
practical farmer at the head of large
factory, and tell him to make cloth for
a shirt, and what would he do? A
farmer in such a position would be as
much out of place as Henry George
teaching profound lessons of political
economy, or tackling the Pope of
Rome, or to make it very simple, as a
catfish i'll wheat patch,
The former to be manufacturer,
would have to unlearn all that he has
learned, and abandon all his life time
and valuable information about farm
hing. People who start out to solve
great philosophic and economic prob
lens pertaining to any occupation or
subject must condne themselves strict
lily to particular line of thought and
action. 1t seems to me that all sur
plus money made by farming should
go to the improvement Of the farm,
and adornment, embellishments and
identifying homes might claim a few
dimes. If the "Union" goes into
'Politics," why then, it is only ques-
ton of time how long it will take that
shark to consume it.
Politics is rock big enough to
wreck everything, but party founded
for political purposes. It seems from
the action of the "Union" in this Par
/ sh that Hon. r. P. Hunter and DR..